Pat Kelman (b. Patrick Kelly) is a British film distributor, photographer, director, writer and actor.

As an actor, he made his screen debut in Andrei Konchalovsky's 1997 television miniseries of The Odyssey, playing the role of Elatus.

[3] He has also been seen in the 1999 horror film Lighthouse, The Jump, The Bill, and was a regular artist in the long-running BBC sitcom My Hero.

[7] Encounters was released on DVD by Celebrity Video Distribution in November 2009 under the international title Encounters: Speed Dating can Hurt[8] In 2007 he was funded by Cornwall Film, South West Screen and the UK Film Council to write and direct the short drama Pianissimo.

[10] Francis was joint winner of the ReelTube category with Pat Kelman's other shorts The Letter Game and Elephant Boy at the 2009 ReelHeART International Film Festival.